Your points are well-made. However, knowing the Left like you and I do, it was foolish mistake that the VA GOP made. The Secret Service was probably made to check out this as a possible. They probably checked out the game companies too, but gamers and the GOP aren’t germaine to each other. The Democrats used this mistake to gain points against the GOP. Remember, that it isn’t whether an allegation is true or not, it is whether the people think it is true. LBJ is quoted as famously crafting a campaign by throwing out an allegation against his rival, Nixon, I think. When his staffer pointed out that it wasn’t true, Johnson replied something to like, ‘You know that and I know that, but it will be fun to watch the bastard try to deny it.’
Oh I agree it was a stupid thing to do.
I just object to it being a secret service matter.